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The Little Book of Lost Words

Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting

Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting

By Joe Gillard

By Joe Gillard

By Joe Gillard

By Joe Gillard

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Category: Reference | History

Category: Reference | History

Hardcover $14.99

Sep 03, 2019 | ISBN 9780399582677

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Sep 03, 2019 | ISBN 9780399582684

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    About The Little Book of Lost Words

    The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history’s best words.

    This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination–proving that some things never change! The Little Book of Lost Words presents each term that’s ready to be brought back into modern-day use, complete with definition, hilarious sample sentence, and cheeky historical art. You’ll learn new words for the cozy room where you like to Netflix and chill (snuggery), for a dishonest politician (snollygoster), and for a young person who sleeps through the day and doesn’t work (dewdropper). If you like Lost in Translation, Shakespeare Insult Generator, Drunk History, and Roald Dahl–and you delight in the way words like blatteroon and flapdoodle roll off the tongue–then you’re the word lover this book was written for. Want to know what a fizgig or groke is? Read this book!

    About The Little Book of Lost Words

    The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history’s best words.

    This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination–proving that some things never change! The Little Book of Lost Words presents each term that’s ready to be brought back into modern-day use, complete with definition, hilarious sample sentence, and cheeky historical art. You’ll learn new words for the cozy room where you like to Netflix and chill (snuggery), for a dishonest politician (snollygoster), and for a young person who sleeps through the day and doesn’t work (dewdropper). If you like Lost in Translation, Shakespeare Insult Generator, Drunk History, and Roald Dahl–and you delight in the way words like blatteroon and flapdoodle roll off the tongue–then you’re the word lover this book was written for. Want to know what a fizgig or groke is? Read this book!

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    About Joe Gillard

    JOE GILLARD is a history buff and founder of History Hustle, a digital publication for history fans. He believes history is really just one big story of humans doing hilarious and interesting things. History Hustle boasts over 320,000 loyal social… More about Joe Gillard

    About Joe Gillard

    JOE GILLARD is a history buff and founder of History Hustle, a digital publication for history fans. He believes history is really just one big story of humans doing hilarious and interesting things. History Hustle boasts over 320,000 loyal social… More about Joe Gillard

    Product Details

    Category: Reference | History

    Hardcover | $14.99
    Published by Ten Speed Press
    Sep 03, 2019 | 192 Pages | 5 x 7 | ISBN 9780399582677

    Category: Reference | History

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Ten Speed Press
    Sep 03, 2019 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9780399582684
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    “Perfection for word nerds. We’re not being akrasic in saying this is a wonderful book!” –Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras, authors of You’re Saying It Wrong and That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

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